Top Eurosonic

What bands should you see in Eurosonic? Which ones are going to be big? These ones, of course.

Adna Kadic’smusic feels as cold as the Baltic at night, painted against a sombre landscape with stirring, heartfelt lyrics.The young Swedish singer’s emotionally-tinged songs bring the softly-voiced star to larger ...

All of a sudden it was simply there, the deep, bluesy voice. The sort of voice that cuts through noise and demands you listen. But of course, a voice like that can't just come straight out of nowhere. As a son of an eminent Swedish jazz singer, Albin Lee ...

Science is unequivocal: without an event of cataclysmic proportions or the intervention of a god of some kind, turning the world upside down is an impossible task. You want summer in December? There seems to be only one solution: cross the Equator, head south ...

Singer Beissoul (that's how Lithuanians pronounce "bass soul", real name – Artūras Žabas) and producer Einius Jarutis came a long way since they emerged on Lithuanian pop scene in 2012. Gigs in Berlin, London and Kiev, energetic festival performances wildly ...

It’s not easy giving an honest review when you’re a band’s groupie. OK, I’m just joking – I’m not Birthh’s groupie, but do think that had I had a band as a teenager, I would’ve definitely wanted to sound like her. ...

“We could tour together as a supergroup called Black Oak,” they once joked. OK, so supergroup might be a too grand a term for these two respected Dutch singer-songwriters. We are talking about Geert van der Velde of The Black Atlantic and Thijs Kuijken of I Am Oak – each in his own way a master of melancholy, dreamy folk pop. In 2014 they joined forces to make a split EP and two years later they finally blended their talents to produce their debut album, Equinox.

"Chui" was just a Swahili word for "leopard" when keyboard maestro Toni Starešinić, also known as the creative force behind Zagreb's neo soul combo Mangroove, decided to start another band and play some prog jazz with a modern approach. After a few years of ...

Don't trust the Internet. Never. Look at this article you're reading right now, for instance. It states that Flavien Berger is French, that he's from Paris. The photo shows a creature seemingly complying with all the criteria usually associated with human ...

Emanuela Drei aka Giungla comes from the same little town as the queen of Italian pop Laura Pausini, but the only other thing they have in common is their charisma when they start to sing and perform. Not too pop, not too punk, Giungla is one of the girls that could really start a revolution in European music next year. She is simply herself, a wonderful Italian woman, nothing fake about her, but when she straps on her guitar, it's easy to understand why she chose a name that means "jungle" in English.

Tout est magnifique ("Everything is wonderful"), boldly states Strasbourg-born and Paris-based producer Jacques's first EP, released on his up-and-coming label Pain Surprise. His claim is to be taken very literally; for the young, bizarre, hilarious ...

He's not even 20 years old, but his talent is a rare gem in the Italian music scene. Perhaps in part also due to moving abroad to Ireland. If nothing else, that's where he got his nickname from – ceol, pronounced "kiol", which means "music" in Gaelic.

There’s a place in the Swiss Alps where people speak a strange language called Romansh, which is spoken by only 60,000 people. Among these mysterious specimens is Roland Scandella, singer-guitarist of Me and Marie. Nowadays he mainly sings in English but the music he writes with his partner, singer-drummer Maria del Val, still bears a similarity to his birthplace in that it’s as rough and pure as a snowy mountain.

Stop. Look. Listen. That’s the motto of Marta Ren’s debut album. And you really should. Marta is not a newcomer. Marta is an old soul, trapped inside a young body, full of energy, raw power and plenty of XX chromosomes. She often says that she ...

Created around 2005, Noiserv is the perfect example of how minimalist sound can make your mind travel the furthest. Melody, space and diversity seem to be the engineer’s main ingredients for creating a project with a unique and very evocative sound. Highly ...

Over a few years and through various fragmented projects, Tanguy Haesevoets aka Teme Tan became a master in mixing sounds and his influences. In 2011, he touched base in Kinshasa, where he had been born and spent his early years, and auto-produced the album Matiti, with the title track displaying the quality and easy-going high pitch of his voice. Then a journey to Brasil ended with the release of a colourful EP of cover songs, further widening the field of sonic possibilities.

Trupa Trupa combines dirty guitar sounds with the psychedelic twists of the 60s and 70s. They sound as if they were the product of a meeting between Sonic Youth and the Beatles, as their stifling, grinding style doesn’t interfere with catchy melodies. They've ...

Imagine a pitch-black post-apocalyptic world with dark urban tunes howling around and you have View. This mysterious hip-hop act combines modern elements in a fresh and oh-so-dark way. Behind View is 20-something rapper Juuso Ruohonen and producer Joonas Laaksoharju. The Finnish duo are only starting out in their home country but have already played sold-out gigs in Berlin.

We Bless This Mess is a solo project. At least, it started that way. Now playing with a five-piece band, headed by Nelson Graf Reis, the project started to gain supporters with the utmost ease. When Nelson presented his project in Brazil, he ended up recording a debut EP and even sold out a show. Friends volunteered to create videos and join him on stage to help out. Because while this might be a solo project, wherever Nelson goes, he seems to be either surrounded or making new friends.